# What does 'jreck' mean, and is it a good name for a restaurant?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 1, 2001, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-jreck-mean-and-is-it-a-good-name-for-a-restaurant/84776 "2001-10-01T15:45:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jimbrowski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9a140/32.png) [@Jimbrowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimbrowski)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-jreck-mean-and-is-it-a-good-name-for-a-restaurant/84776/1 "2001-10-01T15:45:41Z")

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In upstate New York there is a chain of fast-food sub shops named “Jreck Subs”. According to their corporate homepage ([www.jrecksubs.com](http://www.jrecksubs.com)), the name was derived from the initials of the names of the founders.

When I went to college in Potsdam, popular rumor was that the word ‘jreck’ also meant ‘shit’ in Yiddish.

Is this true?

BTW, they make good food. I’m not knocking the chain itself, but did they really name themselves “Shit Subs”???

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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-jreck-mean-and-is-it-a-good-name-for-a-restaurant/84776/2 "2001-10-01T15:51:46Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Jimbrowski \*  
> \*\*When I went to college in Potsdam, popular rumor was that the word ‘jreck’ also meant ‘shit’ in Yiddish.
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> Is this true?
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> … but did they really name themselves “Shit Subs”??? \*\*

THe Yiddish word for shit is DRECK not jreck.

Also, have you seen _This is Spinal Tap_? Two words, “Shit Sandwich”.

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-jreck-mean-and-is-it-a-good-name-for-a-restaurant/84776/3 "2001-10-01T16:35:06Z")

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To me it always meant Fluffy just hacked up another hairball.